Al-Khwarizmi

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Al-Khwarizmi was a pioneering Persian mathematician and astronomer whose works on algebra and algorithms profoundly shaped the development of mathematics and science.

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instanceOf Persian scholar ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
geographer ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
associatedWith Caliph al-Ma'mun ⓘ
linked to: al-Ma'mun
birthPlace Greater Khorasan ⓘ
linked to: Khorasan

Khwarazm ⓘ
linked to: Khwarezm

region of modern Uzbekistan ⓘ
citizenship Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
conceptCoinedFromName algorism ⓘ
algorithm ⓘ
employer Abbasid court in Baghdad ⓘ
linked to: House of Wisdom

House of Wisdom ⓘ
eponymOf algorism ⓘ
algorithm ⓘ
era Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
ethnicGroup Persian ⓘ
familyName al-Khwārizmī ⓘ
linked to: Al-Khwarizmi
fieldOfWork algebra ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
geography ⓘ
mathematical tables ⓘ
trigonometry ⓘ
floruit early 9th century ⓘ
givenName Muḥammad ⓘ
linked to: Muhammad
inferredBirthDate circa 780 ⓘ
inferredDeathDate circa 850 ⓘ
influenced Latin medieval mathematics ⓘ
Renaissance mathematics ⓘ
development of algebra in Europe ⓘ
influencedBy Greek mathematics ⓘ
Indian mathematics ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic ⓘ
name Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī ⓘ
linked to: Al-Khwarizmi
notableAchievement construction of astronomical tables based on Indian and Greek sources ⓘ
introduction of Hindu-Arabic numerals to the Islamic world ⓘ
revision of Ptolemaic geography ⓘ
systematic treatment of linear and quadratic equations ⓘ
notableWork Al-Kitāb al-mukhtaṣar fī ḥisāb al-jabr wa-l-muqābala ⓘ
Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing ⓘ
Zīj al-Sindhind ⓘ
astronomical tables ⓘ
work on Hindu-Arabic numerals ⓘ
occupation astronomer ⓘ
geographer ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
patronymicName ibn Mūsā ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
workLocation Baghdad ⓘ

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Islamic Golden Age → notableScholar → Al-Khwarizmi ⓘ
Persians → notableScientist → Al-Khwarizmi ⓘ
House of Wisdom → notableScholar → al-Khwarizmi ⓘ
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Islamic astronomy → hasKeyFigure → Al-Khwarizmi ⓘ
Islamic mathematics → majorFigure → Al-Khwarizmi ⓘ
Al-Khwarizmi → name → Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī ⓘ
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Al-Khwarizmi → familyName → al-Khwārizmī ⓘ
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Early Islamic period → hasKeyFigure → al-Khwarizmi ⓘ
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Nasir al-Din al-Tusi → influencedBy → al-Khwarizmi ⓘ
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Al-Khwarizmi's Al-jabr wa-l-muqabala → author → Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi ⓘ
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Al-Karaji → influencedBy → al-Khwarizmi ⓘ
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Zīj al-Sindhind → author → Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī ⓘ
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ibn Mūsā → usedInNameOf → Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī ⓘ
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